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Are your elderly parents wanna aging in place? If you’re planning forward or evaluating it’s time to start improving the parents’ bathroom to provide changing requirements, Handy Tasks Solutions has these reasonable measures you can take to keep them safe and independent for the years to come in the bathroom for senior safety.
Removing these potential hazards in your parent’s bathroom, one of the more hazardous places in the house, will not only give you and them peace of mind, but it will also save money if the alternative is setting them in supported living.
Install grab bars
This inexpensive support will help your senior parents to get in and out the bathtub and within reach of the toilet. If they do not exist, they will use anything reachable as a handle that is not securely attached or not intended for such use.
Toilet safety arm support
As your elderly parents getting age or who has back pain, to stand up from a low toilet will start to be challenging. The inexpensive solution for that is to install a toilet safety arm brace that comes with options like an adjustable elevated toilet seat that will help them considerably.
Bathtub with shower doors
To create barrier-free shower access, take off the shower doors and substituting them for shower curtain will give more accessibility to get in and out from the bathtub using the grab bars.
Handheld and adjustable shower heads.
To use the shower while standing or sitting.
Bath Rugs
Replace them for non-slip mats or tape for the access points.
Toilet paper holder
Replace the toilet paper holder for one design that allows
to change the rolls with one hand
Handles in general
Shower faucet handle, door knobs, faucet handles, cabinets, drawers knobs for lever-type hardware. Lever-type hardware is easier to use than round knobs or handles, mainly for people with arthritis.
Motion Night lights
Most falls occur while the sun is out but falling at night has the most accidents. Which is why adequate lighting throughout the whole building is a must-have, especially for seniors to make the home a safe place at night.
Bathroom doors open out
This correction will give easy access to rescue personnel to get to them in case of someone fall against the closed door inside the bathroom.
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